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Vanguard NIP 2025: FG positions small businesses as engine of industrialisation

By Yinka Kolawole The Federal Government has positioned Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) as the biggest beneficiaries o...

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Vanguard Manufacturers sell below production cost to offload N2trn unsold inventory

By Yinka Kolawole Manufacturers in Nigeria are increasingly selling products below production cost in a desperate bid to clear nea...

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Vanguard Dollar to Naira exchange rate today, July 16, 2026

The naira traded relatively stable against the United States dollar in the official Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM) on Thu...

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Vanguard Food inflation still rising despite drop in headline rate

The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, yesterday said headline inflation rate slowed Month-on-Month (MoM) by 0.02 percentage poin...

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Vanguard Gunmen raid Kogi school, abduct principal, NECO official, students

Gunmen on Tuesday attacked Government Secondary School, Olowa, in Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State, abducting four stude...

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Vanguard 93 percent of inmates are State offenders, half don’t need jail — Tunji-Ojo

..’How we freed 4,000 inmates in one day’ By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA: Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has disclosed that 9...

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Vanguard How Nigeria can overcome hunger — BUA

As BUA Foods posts N518.4 PAT By Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief The Chairman of BUA Foods Plc, Alh. Abdul Samad Rabiu, has identifi...

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Vanguard 14 states face flood risk between July 14 and 20, NiHSA warns

By Gabriel Ewepu ABUJA — As flooding continues to affect parts of the country, the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NiHSA) on...

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Vanguard Outgoing UK PM Starmer visits Ukraine

Starmer, set to depart Downing Street on Monday, was to hold talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky in the capital Kyiv, the Brit...

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Vanguard UBA enlists Abaga, Egunjobi to speak on innovation at Business Series

United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc is set to host the latest edition of its quarterly UBA Business Series, turning the spotlight on...

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Premium Times Ex-Speaker Etteh, Abbas’ wife, others press lawmakers to pass women’s representation bill

The Constitution Alteration Bill proposes the creation of additional seats exclusively for women in the National Assembly and stat...

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Premium Times Senate urges immediate security deployment over fresh killings in Benue communities

The Senate observed a minute of silence in honour of the victims of the attacks on Akpachi-Ugboju and Otukpo-Nobi, as well as thos...

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Premium Times CAC begins sixth batch of company strike-off, targets 100,000 companies

CAC said the exercise forms part of its regulatory mandate to maintain an accurate and up-to-date register of companies operating...

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Premium Times Police launch campaign against jungle justice

The Cross River Police Command has launched a public campaign against jungle justice, urging residents to hand suspects to law enf...

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Premium Times ‘Rape survivor’ narrates ordeal in emotional video before committing suicide

A teary 20-year-old woman's final video accusing a popular Asaba content creator of rape before taking her own life has led to his...

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Premium Times Makoko waterfront reclamation in Lagos approved by FG, state govt – Official

The official maintained that the reclamation project near the Third Mainland Bridge underwent environmental assessments, secured a...

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Premium Times Court dissolves APC’s chapters in UK, foreign countries, orders disclosure of donations from abroad

The court added that the APC or any political party must notify INEC and account for all donations received from outside Nigeria w...

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Premium Times Airtel Africa secures legal authorisation over planned boost of future shareholder returns

The capital reduction entails cancelling Airtel Africa’s capital redemption reserve to boost distributable reserves, which are vit...

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Premium Times World Cup: Messi inspires Argentina’s late fightback to sink England, book final spot

Argentina will now aim to become the first nation since Brazil in 1958 and 1962 to successfully defend the FIFA World Cup title wh...

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Vanguard The high cost of condescension: Why workplace feedback needs dignity upgrade, by Ruth Oji

Imagine this scenario: a senior manager publicly interrogates a junior employee about a minor reporting error. “Did you even think...

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Vanguard Shettima launches Niger Delta Agricultural Development, Investment Fund

By Daniel Abia, Port Harcourt Vice President Kashim Shettima has launched the Niger Delta Agricultural Development and Investment...

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Vanguard EFCC seeks stronger partnership to curb terrorist financing, protect CSOs

By Obas Esiedesa, Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has called for stronger collaboration among government...

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Vanguard JAMB warns candidates against ‘backdoor’ admissions

…as NUC unveils crackdown on over-admission, AI misuse…working with varsities to automate transcript requests By Joseph Erunke, Ab...

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Vanguard Kane ‘gutted’ after England crash out of World Cup

Harry Kane said he was "gutted" for England and their fans after his team were beaten 2-1 by defending champions Argentina in the...

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